avocado pear : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: avocado pear	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for avocado pear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
avocado pear n a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed Synonym(s): avocado, alligator pear, avocado pear, aguacate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Avocado \[d8]Av`o*ca"do\, n. [Corrupted from the Mexican ahuacatl: cf. Sp. aguacate, F. aguacat[82], avocat, G. avogadobaum.] The pulpy fruit of {Persea gratissima}, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also {avocado pear}, {alligator pear}, {midshipman's butter}.